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Recent Examples of suspension For the first, Reiner cited ABC’s recent suspension of Jimmy Kimmel after an alleged threat from the FCC. Jack Dunn, Variety, 5 Oct. 2025 Yet most of those families are still systematically behind due to racial inequality, and Black families, of all kinds, are facing discrimination that leads to higher suspension and expulsion rates in school, lower on-time high school completion rates, and not enough financial resources. Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025 The main span is projected at over 2,300 meters, among the world’s longest suspension spans. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025 More details of Kimmel’s brief suspension were revealed on the Kimmel-Colbert summit. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for suspension
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suspense
Noun
  • Though the Russian Federation’s ongoing international ban will presumably deny all-time NHL goals leader Alex Ovechkin a last chance to win an elusive gold medal, the action in Italy next February should not lack suspense.
    Rob Rossi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The impeccable direction and cinematography, the masterful suspense, and the pitch-perfect performance of Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates all combine to create not just one of the best horror movies of all time, but one of the best films of all time, period.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025

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